《Realm of the Gods》 PROLOGUE It was raining over the valley. Thick black clouds could be seen floating in the sky, pouring huge amount of rain towards the earth. Lightning bolts illuminated the night sky from the time to time and when a lightning strike occurred, a deafening sound rang out. The valley housed a property in its center which was comprised of a huge mansion surrounded by farmlands. No room were lit up except for one on the third floor. Although the sound of the rain was strong, one could still hear strange noises from afar, as if someone was yelling inside the room. There were only two people inside, a man and a woman, and they were engaging in an intense activity. The noises came from the woman as she was enjoying an intimate moment with the man. The later was pressing her under him as he was moving his hips in a mechanical manner. Each time he moved downward, the woman would moan with pleasure. Any observer would think that those two were lovers enjoying an intimate moment, but it was not like that at all. If one looked closely, one would find out that only the woman was enjoying the show. In fact, the man¡¯s expression was filled with boredom as if he was doing an annoying chore. However, he continued to shake his butts for some reason. At one point, something made him snap to attention and he focused suddenly on the woman. Alex looked at the her carefully, waiting for the right moment to act. He knew that she would reach orgasm very soon which made him grinned with satisfaction. As he thought about all the preparation he had done since yesterday, he was more than eager to get his reward. Finding a worthy target in a short time had been difficult. He had had to interrogate many NPC (Non-Player Character) before discovering the identity of this woman. She was a widow with no family member left alive, perfect for a gigolo like him. The fact that she was living in an isolated farm was even better as no one would notice if strange things were happening there. The widow was breathing hard, her complexion turning to deep purple. Her heart was beating like mad and it seemed that she would faint at any moment. No man had visited her farm since the death of her husband five years ago. She had been so lonely that she had jumped at the chance when Alex had presented himself at her farm, asking for a job. She had hired him for chopping woods after a short negotiation. As he was chopping woods, she had put her most beautiful dress and prepared a dinner for him. It was not hard to imagine what happened after the dinner, they immediately got down to the serious business. His kisses and caresses had been wonderful, and she had gasped with astonishment the moment he had taken off his clothes. His face was like an angel¡¯s and his body like a demon¡¯s. Her gaze had been inexorably attracted to his lower body, at the sight, her body temperature had skyrocketed. She would have never imagined a man as perfect as him. Those memories for the past minutes disappeared from her head as Alex thrusted his spear hardly, rubbing her inside and causing her body to tremble. He was leading her on the verge of madness. His muscular body was like an iron statue blocking all her movements. Anyway, it was not like she wanted to go anywhere else. In her condition, all she wanted was him and only him. As Alex carried on, he noticed that her heart began to beat erratically which made his eyes shine with excitement. He suddenly channelled mana towards his dick and used [Desire Touch] which had an immediate result. The widow¡¯s body jolted with pleasure as she emitted groaning sounds. After several seconds, the orgasm was on the verge of disappearing, but Alex wouldn¡¯t let it go this way. He placed a finger on her clitoris, the location of countless nerves, and a hand on her heart, before releasing mana. The stimulation made strengthened her orgasm suddenly. This continued for a long time, each time the widow¡¯s orgasm was on the verge of disappearing, Alex would inject his mana inside of her which would strengthen the orgasm. At one point, the woman finally ran out of stamina and fainted. A blue screen appeared in Alex¡¯s field of vision.
Achievement : Your target had maintained orgasm for 32 minutes 26 seconds.
Error : Gigolo profession level doesn''t match the achievement... Profession level corrected to level 6.
You have gained 916 achievement points.
This narrative has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. If you see it on Amazon, please report it. Alex laughed out loud as he thought about the ease with which he had gained so many achievement points. He hadn¡¯t waste his time, even though he found that fucking with a NPC was a complete joke. In the Realm of the Gods, pain level of players was lowered to 25% but this didn¡¯t only affect the pain. The sensation one would feel during sexual intercourse was lowered as well, so that Alex nearly felt nothing when playing with the widow. However, beggars can¡¯t be choosers. Some sacrifices were necessary on the path of a ranker. He thought about his status and a blue screen appeared in front of him.
StatusWindow
Name:Alex CypherRank :3,586,423,936
Level:1Class:None
Race:HumanGender:Male
Strength:10Agility:10
Vitality:10Intelligence:10
Achievement points: 916
Profession:
- Gigolo (Lv 6)
Skills
- Desire Touch (Lv 1); Return
He directly allocated all the achievement points into his stats which increased his level to 13. Going from level 1 to 13 in less than 24 hours in-game was a terrifying levelling speed. A normal player would never attain such speed, but he was anything but a normal player. Programming some core components of the game for more than ten years had made him an expert at Realm of the Gods. The amount of knowledge he possessed about the game couldn¡¯t be compared to anyone else¡¯s. Moreover, he knew all the bugs of the game, bugs which he could exploit to his advantage. ¡°Achievement overflow¡± was one of those bugs. The player gained achievement points when specific actions were triggered. The bug occurred when the achievement points gained through a profession surpassed what the profession level allowed. In this situation, the system tried to fix the error and had two ways to do so. Either it cancelled the achievement, which it couldn¡¯t do for many reasons, or it correct the profession level to match the achievement. It was an old bug the developing team had long since patched but only for the most popular professions. The profession of gigolo was definitely not among the most popular. Although, hundreds of professions exited within the game, few of them were useful. Blacksmith for example allowed a player to craft armors and weapons which was extremely useful. The profession of lumberjack, on the other hand, was completely worthless. Why would a player need to cut wood? No one was interested in those worthless jobs apart the NPC and Alex. Indeed, a player gained achievement points when a profession levelled up, levelling a worthless profession was still beneficial. "Achievement overflow" was difficult to trigger normally, but Alex was cunning. He had activated [Desire Touch], a skill obtained from the profession ¡°Gigolo¡±, and used other methods to extend the duration of the widow¡¯s orgasm. As [Desire Touch] had not been cancelled yet, the system considered that his achievement was caused by Alex¡¯s skill. A level 1 gigolo would never have the skill to make a woman reach orgasm for 32 minutes and 26 seconds. It had caused an ¡°Achievement overflow¡± which had increased Alex¡¯s profession to level 6 and made him earned him hundreds of achievement points, all of that in less than 24 hours in-game. He promised to offer a prayer to the goddess of lust as he had got the profession when had visited her temple yesterday. ¡°Great! Now that I¡¯ve exceeded level 10, I can get a class.¡± He got up off the bed, dressed up and looked at the woman. Now that he thought about it, he didn¡¯t know her name. She had surely told him before, but he hadn¡¯t paid attention. Why would he care about the name of a random NPC? Sure, they were artificial intelligence with their own memories and emotions but, as a former developer, he couldn¡¯t consider them like living beings. He had coded many of them with his own hands. For him, they were just tools to improve the realism of the game. As he approached the widow, he grumbled at the state she was in. With her mouth wide open and her eyes rolled up in their sockets, one would think that she had truly experienced something amazing. The bed was even filled with her bodily fluid, a level of detail no other virtual reality game could match. Alex chuckled and couldn¡¯t help but fell a hint of pride at the realism. He had help to create this game after all. Even if the Virtual Corp had fired him, he was still proud at his work. He waved a hand and slapped the widow¡¯s buttocks. ¡°Thanks for the service.¡± He said before activating [Return]. He disappeared soon after in a flash of light. Chapter 1 : Veredin Forest Alex reappeared dozens of kilometers away from the mansion, standing above a teleportation platform. Thanks to [Return], he came back to Valeron, the beginner village. It was still nigh time and the streets were deserted. Only few guards could be seen patrolling here and there. As soon as he the teleportation skill finished, Alex started running towards the village gate. He crossed the streets, passing by stone houses covered by wooden roofs. There was nothing interesting in Valeron, the entirety of it was comprised of a dozen houses, some temples and three water wells. Not paying attention to his surrounding, he ran past two guards and crossed the village gate. Recalling his plan for the following days, he turned left while running at full speed in the direction of the Veredin Forest. It was common knowledge that one couldn¡¯t get a class in the beginner village. One must go to a capital city for that. Alex would have done that if he had enough money. Unfortunately, he had been too busy with the widow and hadn''t have the time to get some coin. He only possessed ten copper coins right now which was enough for the teleportation fee. He could only farm monsters to earn money. Even though the darkness was deep, the outskirts of the forest could still be seen at a distance. Towering trees dominated the landscape, the highest of them nearly a hundred meters high. As one of the oldest forest known in the Eastern Domain, the Veredin Forest was considered too dangerous to wander into. It had been left practically untouched for thousands of years as no sane person would dare to venture inside. Of course, there were fearless adventurers, attracted by treasures hidden within this strange forest. Many had entered the forest in the past but very few would return. The Veredin Forest housed ferocious monsters which were difficult to deal with, even for a high-level adventurer. There were even rumors stating that mysterious powers had taken residence in there, powers which were better left undisturbed. Alex didn¡¯t care about all of that though, he crossed the forest border with a nonchalant air. He was not planning to search for hidden treasures or something like that. He didn¡¯t want to go too deep within the forest, where the most ferocious monsters lived. However, he didn¡¯t want to farm low level monsters, it would take too long to earn something substantial. Having studied the map carefully before logging in yesterday, he knew where to go to find a worthy target. His trip took him at the border of a pond where lotus flowers could be seen floating above the water. He immediately examined the flowers, trying to find a special one. It was somewhat difficult to see in the dark, but he sound found what he was looking for. It was a big red lotus flower located in the middle of the pond. Unlike the others which were small enough to fit in one hand, the red flower was two meters large. He smiled and walked back slowly, not wanting to alert the monster. Indeed, the lotus with the red flower was not a normal plant but a plant-type monster and not a normal plant-type monster. The Utriculis was a rank 5 elite monster related to carnivorous plants. Its flower was just a decoration, the most dangerous parts were its roots, lined on the bottom of the pond, ready to catch any prey stupid enough to approach too close. Alex was particularly careful not to alert it. If he alerted it before he was ready, it would undoubtedly lead to a miserable death. If someone were to see him right now, he would be labelled as a madman. What sane person would attack an elite monster alone? Defeating a rank 5 elite monster should require 3 or 4 players at the same level as the monster. With his meagre level 13, Alex stood no chance against a level 15 Utriculis. But there was no trace of worry in Alex¡¯s expression. Why would he worry? The information gathered about the monster combined with his understanding of the game made him invincible. If a monster was not controlled by an advanced AI, which was the case with the Utriculis, he was confident in his ability to deal with it alone. Mindless monsters were like animals, their behaviours were too predictable. Moreover, all the information about its strengths and weaknesses were available on the game wiki. Killing it was feasible but required thorough preparations. Alex turn around and studied the surrounding trees. His eyes narrowed, trying to pierce the darkness and finally found a large tree in the shape of a bottle. He approached it slowly before climbing on it, till he reached a branch where something like a bird nest was hanging on. It was not a big bird nest though, but a chrysalis. After taking his sword out of his inventory, Alex sliced the part of the chrysalis which linked it to the tree. He heard a muffled sound soon after, as if a heavy object had hit the ground. He didn¡¯t jump down immediately to catch it as he needed several chrysalises. He continued to search for more and it didn¡¯t take him long to gather ten chrysalises and that was enough. After jumping off the tree, he pulled a wood bottle and a sword out of his inventory. This narrative has been purloined without the author''s approval. Report any appearances on Amazon.
Beginner¡¯ sword (Lv 1+)
Attack:16-20
Attack speed:1,4
The perfect embodiment of a trash weapon. He thought of the sword with disdain. It was the weapon he had obtain at level 1 and it was completely worthless at his current level. Fortunately, it was not an issue right now as he didn¡¯t intend to fight the Utriculis head on with a beginner sword. Gripping the weapon firmly, he slashed at one of the chrysalis which opened up like a banana fruit. He then crushed the insect inside with noe foot before gathering its juice inside the bottle. He did that for all the chrysalises which filled the bottle entirely. The preparation was not finished though. He began to cut tiny pieces of wood from a nearby tree and cut the edge of each of them. After the pieces of wood became darts, he dipped their points into the juice and headed back towards the pond. Arrived at the pond border, Alex threw the bottle into the water, triggering an immediate reaction from the Utriculis. One of its roots pierced the water surface, gobbled the bottle in the blink of an eye and shrunk down underwater. Even though carnivorous plants were dangerous, they lacked intelligence. They were even more stupid than animal. The Utriculis didn¡¯t notice it had eaten a bottle filled with poison. Alex waited for the poison to take effect as the wood bottle had to be digested first. One hour passed before the wood bottle was finally digested and began to pour its deadly poison inside the monster. The water exploded suddenly when long tentacles came out from its depth. Each tentacle was like a thick liana covered with thorns and whose edges ended with a bulb. Closer inspection would show that a bulb was in fact a jaw filled with teeth as fine as needles. In other circumstances, Alex would avoid going anywhere near this monster the moment it came out of the water, but he considered this one as already dead. The poison was already taking chunks of its health which was decreasing slowly. With its ¡°poisoned¡± state, the Utriculis lost the control of its movement. All it could do was to squirm in all directions. Alex took advantage of the situation to shoot a dart towards the tentacle. It had no trouble piercing the monster¡¯ skin, injecting poison in its vascular system. Adding more poison was not useful at this state as the monster had already eaten a whole bottle of it. Rather, Alex wanted to trigger something.
Warning! You have entered combat mode.
Sure enough, Alex and the monster entered combat mode. He nodded inwardly, thinking that everything was going smoothly according to his wish. Even though Realm of the Gods was a game, many features of the real world had been implemented to increase the realism. The developers had consulted the best experts in ecology to help them design various ecosystems for the living animals and plants, including the monsters. The Silver Winged Butterfly for example had developed a defence against the Utriculis. It possessed numerous glands which secreted a powerful poison, extremely toxic for the monster. Alex had harvested a good amount of poison from Silved Winged Butterfly chrysalises. There was no way the Utriculis would survive such huge amount of poison. However, even if the monster died because of the poison, the system would not consider Alex as the one who had killed it. Indeed, throwing a bottle filled with poison couldn¡¯t trigger the combat mode as it was not a direct attack. That was the reason why Alex threw a dart at the monster. Once in combat mode, the system would calculate what contribution he would made to the monster¡¯s death. The calculation was complicated, involving many variables such as the amount of damage dealt by each player or the type of debuffs each player had casted on the monster etc. The players had been trying to determine how the calculation worked. Even though they had succeeded to a certain extent, they were still many things unclear. Of course, Alex was not some random player. He knew perfectly how the calculation worked and he also knew that the calculation algorithm had a bug. Normally, one couldn¡¯t use the environment to kill a monster and claim the reward afterward. If a fire-type monster fell into the water for example, the damage it received from the water was not considered as caused by the players. But the was a bug in the calculation algorithm. If a player attacked alone an elite monster or a monster of higher grade, the system counted all the damage done as if it was caused by the player, even if the damages were caused by the environment. The developers had discovered this bug long ago but chose to do nothing as no player had discovered it yet. After all, who would be lucky enough to challenge an elite monster alone and win? The probability of discovering the bug was too low and the cost of patching it was too high. No one wanted to shut down all the servers for a patch, it would cost too much money. This was good news for Alex. He didn¡¯t need to attack the Utriculis personally and left the poison do all the job. Standing at the edge of the monster¡¯s aggro range, he was careful to avoid being hit by the crazed tentacles while shooting dart from time to time to maintain the combat mode. Under ¡°poisoned¡± state, the monster could only wait of its death. Soon, it dropped lifelessly into the pond, dead.